Estimation of the thickness of the lower convective layer of solar ponds

Renewable Energy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 401-407

  Prasad, Ram ^a   Rao, D P ^b  

^a HARCOURT BUTLER TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ENERGY STORAGE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEAT CONVECTION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR ENERGY;

ENERGY EXTRACTION; GROUND ENERGY STORAGE; LOWER CONVECTIVE LAYER; SINUSOIDAL EXTRACTION PATTERN; TRENCH DEPTH;

SOLAR PONDS;

EID: 0030123595     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0960-1481(96)00003-1     Document Type: Article

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